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WASHINGTON (AP) — With President Donald Trump's multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package at risk of stalling, House Speaker Mike Johnson and conservative Republican holdouts are heading Wednesday to the White House for the last-ditch talks to salvage the "big, beautiful bill."
The White House is stepping up its public pressure campaign against House Republicans who are resisting the swift passage of
Live updates and the latest news as Trump hosts South Africa's president and the House Rules Committee meets on the Republicans' budget bill.
Speaker Mike Johnson was finalizing a series of changes aimed at winning over holdouts. President Trump met at the White House with recalcitrant conservatives.
WASHINGTON—President Trump’s multitrillion-dollar economic agenda hinges on fractious GOP lawmakers who are at odds over the details of a tax package that could determine their fate in next year’s midterm elections.
Republican tax bill could cost $3.8 trillion over 10 years as its tax cuts surpass spending reductions, according to one analysis.
The bill, known as the Take It Down Act, mandates social media platforms to remove sexually explicit images and videos of others.
Four House Freedom Caucus members on the Budget Committee who held up the GOP’s massive reconciliation package last week reversed course late Sunday night.